Beet-puller.



PATENTED DEC. 31

E. A. SMITH.

BEET FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.1B,1907.

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No. 875,126. PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. E A SMITH BBET FULLER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 18,1907.

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UNITE zl EDWARD A. SMITH, OF LOVELAND, COLORADO.

BEET-PULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed April 18, 1907- Serial No. 368,928-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Loveland, in the county of Larimer and State of Colorado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beet-Pullers; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved beet puller or plow.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved two-wheeled beetpuller which is simple, inexpensive and efiicient and which when drawnover the field will first pull the beets out of the ground and thendischarge them ready to be gathered.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofthis improved beet puller with the tongue broken off; Fig. 2 representsa transverse section thereof; Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal verticalsection; and Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of a slightly modifiedform of beet-puller.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, a two-wheeled beet pulleris shown constructed of a cross bar 1 having sub-shafts at its oppositeends on which are mounted traction wheels 2 and 3. Secured to this bar 1is a tongue 4 and a spring seat 5. Attached to the underface of thetongue is a short cross bar 6 having its ends 7 and 8 down-turned andprovided with apertures. Pivotally mounted in these down-turned ends 7and 8 are two puller beams 9 and 10 having their rear ends extendedupwardly and to which are bolted puller bars 11 and 12. An invertedU-shaped yoke member 13 straddles the tongue and has its ends 14 and 15pivotally connected with the puller beams 9 and 10 midway of theirlength. This yoke member 13, as shown, is composed of two bow-shapedarms 16 and 17 having their upper ends 18 and 19 bent to form a clampbetween which is loosely pivoted the free end of the short arm of abell-crank lifting lever 20. Bolted to the tongue adjacent to the crossbar 1 is a segmental rack21 to which the bell-crank lever 20 isfulcrumed. A springpressed dog or pawl 22 is mounted on the 1 lever 20in position to engage the rack 21. A

smaller L-shaped bell-crank lever 23 is mounted on the long arm of thebell-crank 20, and the short arm of this lever 23 is connected by a rod24 with the dog 22, whereby when the long arm of the lever 23 isdepressed the dog is lifted out of engagement with the rack 21 and thepuller bars 11 and 12 may be raised or lowered as desired. These bars 11and 12 are adapted to lift the beets out of the ground and free themfrom the soil, and they then pass over the ends of the puller bars anddrop on to the ground ready to be picked up.

The form shown in Fig. 4 is similar in construction to the form shown inFigs. 1 to 3, except that the plow is here shown provided with two setsof puller bars, as 25 and 26, each pair being secured to the oppositeends of the short crank bars 6, and the ends of the yoke 13 arebifurcated, as at 27, and pivoted to the puller beams.

I claim as my invention 1. A beet puller comprising a frame havingsupporting wheels, a tongue secured thereto, a cross bar secured to saidtongue and having its opposite ends down-turned, puller beams pivotallyconnected with said down-turned ends, and having upwardlyinclined pullerbars at their free ends, an inverted U-shaped yoke straddlingsaid tongueand having its ends pivoted to said puller beams, and means connectedwith said yoke for raising and lowering the puller bars.

2. In a beet puller the combination of a frame having supporting wheels,a tongue secured thereto, a cross bar secured to said tongue, pullerbeams hinged to said cross bar and having their outer ends inclinedupwardly, puller bars secured to said inclined ends, a yoke pivoted tosaid puller beams, and a bell-crank lever mounted on said tongue andconnected with said yoke, and

means for locking said lever in adjusted po- I sition for raising andlowering the puller bars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit-

